Phil Harrison, The Gilligan of Gaming

Submitted by Richard Windsor on August 9, 2006 – 9:36 am38 Comments

Ever since the debacle that was E3. Phil Harrison has managed to make himself and to some degree Sony look like blabbering fools. Why does Sony keep letting him speak? If this was politics he would have been canned long ago, locked up tight in a bunker and never heard from again! For some reason Sony is content on letting him run around stuffing his foot farther and farther back in his mouth!

Phil reminds me of Gilligan because he is the comedic relief that gets us through the day. He is the scapegoat for the rest of the cast (Sony) and everything seems to be his fault, even though the blame lies with many. Phil has what I deem the worst job at Sony, the fall man.

The PS3 will be a good machine, even though it may be overpriced, but every time Phil speaks we have to hear comments like

http://www.ashdcuk.com/thenose ash

“In all reality the PS3 is going to be a great game machine, which people should want because it helps keep Microsoft and Nintendo from becoming lazy and vice versa”

You’re seriously suggesting that people should want and buy a PS3 just because it’ll keep their competitors on their toes? Surely if everyone buys all three consoles there’d be no reason for the big 3 to bother working that hard.
And if everyone bought a PS3 for that reason there’d be no reason for Sony to, say, I dunno, drop the price of the console by a couple hundred dollars.
Richard

That is not what I was saying! People should want it too be a good machine is whay I said, not that they should want to buy it!
ash

Sorry, my mistake, though you can see how I could get confused.
willy

“everything seems to be his fault”
I didnt know there was anything wrong. I mean the ps2 is still wiping the floor with the xbox and gamecube and is even beating the 360. and the psp has taken a huge chunk of marketshare (about 40%) from nintendo
James

This article is crap. You totally mistook what he said. Therefore, this is biased crap.

Crap/10.
Tyre

Ok, james how are we supposed to take it, enlighten us on your inside info! because your comment sounds like fanboy garbage.
Richard

Bias, do you know the definition of that word? I have nothing against Sony, I simply made a point about their PR man. If you can find an example of Nintendo or a Microsoft employee sticking their foot in their mouth as much as Phil, I would be glad to post it!
Anonymous

**”Ever since the debacle that was E3. Phil Harrison has managed to make himself…”**

Just because, his information was wrong, it doesn’t mean he should be “locked up tight in a bunker…”

**Phil reminds me of Gilligan because he is the comedic relief that gets us through the day…**

What the hell is this about? Biased crap.

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http://www.huzzahgoods.com Mole

“the PS3 is going to be a great game machine”

Oh yeah. You can just smell the anti-Sony bias there.
Anonymous

Hey Anonymous,you have to be the biggest loser fanboy I have ever seen. THe article is satire you dip! I guess you have to graduate grade school to get satire huh!

Anonymous = Sony Fanboy!
8675309

I think Anonymous is a fanboy, didn’t you read their fanboy article?
jr

WHY DOES EVERYONE SUSPECT SONY TO LOSE. THE JULY NPD NUMBERS ARE OUT AND THE PS2 IS STILL ON TOP OF EVERYONE INCLUDING THE 360. regardless if what phil says is right or wrong he has the right to say what ever he wants without fear because theyre dominating the almost non existant competition. If you check wiki youll see that the ps2 has SOLD about 107mill surpasing even the gameboy wich was redisigned several times
Tad

JR, Sony may have sold 107 million PS2′s but that number is the biggest misleader ever, with the redesign and the high numbers of consoles that were defective it is easy to see that there is not 100 million people with PS2′s the number is more likely around 50 – 75 million.

Oh and by the way, the competition is not non-existant, saying that shows your intelligence.
Skyelan

Okay, check it out, I’m not going to bash the PS3, and I do plan on picking up one up (once it drops way way way down), but some people (the ones saying the PS2 sales are proof that the PS3 will excel) need to pull their head out of their arses.

Wait, you mean a 130 dollar system with hundreds of critically acclaimed games is outselling a new, 400 dollar system which is only just getting its bearings? STOP THE PRESSES!

Clearly, a system selling for cheap with tons of great third party games (most of which are at budget price too, mind you) is an indication that a 600 dollar system that 3rd parties are giving halfhearted support at best, and jumping ship at worst, is going to be a BILLION TRILLION seller.

Great logic!
omgwtfsonysuckslol

Sony wil toatally suk madd donggz. et iz too xpensiv and noone will buyu tha crap. xbox will pwn u silly lol.
Duane

HaHa you are so on the nose, neither MS or Nintendo have someone out there saying stupid things. You dont see bill gates saying ” The Xbox 360 will be able to create balck holes”
http://www.videolamer.com jay

Nice detective work. Most people don’t seem to mind when suits are completely full of shit. I posted an article with a lot of Harrison quotes a month ago here.
Richard

Nice comments Jay, I wish I would have found a few of those!
thesecretsafe

Sony priced the console at $500 and $600 and everyone is upset because they dont want to pay that much for a system that everyone wants.
That there is some brand loyalty from 360,Nintendo,or Sony fans that makes them attack a competitor with the fervor usually reserved for poltical opposition is ridiculous.
When people cry about the price,ridicule marketing strategies,and attack the executives it just seems to reflect how many people are interested and really want and will buy a PS3.
Most gamers more than one console anyways.
I own a GameCube and a PS2 and like them both for different reasons but never seriously think of 360 like an opponent I want destroyed.
The Wii may very well be revolutionary.
It certainly will sell in big numbers this holiday.
The PS3 however with the cell processor and large storage capacity of blu ray discs will set a new high mark for video games(you know the future and all that)..
Every one wants in on that.
The japanese market certainly wants that.
The PS3 may be $600 but to me that just means it will be even more desirable as status for people until every one has one,there is a slim model availible to pimp your ride with and nobody even cares about the long ago pre launch spin.
I just want all the console released already so we can just enjoy them because all the stupid jabs from blogs but more especially coming from the of all 3 console makers is getting tired.
http://1000buddhas.org/dejital Dejital

Sony are big liars, especially when it comes to the PS3. Phil is not the only one involved in the terrible reputation that Sony has built for itself. Take a look at Sony’s words before this year’s E3.

The PS3 will have 2 HDMI outputs! They’ve only got one, oops.
A Gigabit Ethernet port. Nah, just a plain old Ethernet port sorry.
Built-in Wifi! Not even close. PS3 will have the same ethernet port as the Xbox did and that’s IT!
Looks like they dropped the 7 controllers per console too, in favor of their competitor’s choice of 4.
And it didn’t come in Spring either, did it?
Phil Harrison

Geez guys give me a break will ya. I have to deal with Crazy Ken all day. So I say some stupid things every now and then, it’s not like I get paid for it, OHH WAIT!
Anonymous

I can’t wait to rape fanboys on ebay for $2500 PS3′s this Christmas.
George

I think you’re being unreasonable with a number of your quotes:

1) “This is my personal view, not my corporate view, …” (Then Sony does the same exact thing, ouch!)

He gives his personal view, and then corporate disagrees with him. I don’t see the contradiction.

2) “The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC.”

This was a response to a question about whether Sony felt they were disadvantaged by not being able to do the Live Anywhere thing Microsoft had just announced.

I agree that he’s a fool in many ways – his gushing over the controller demo at E306 was particularly disgusting. But it’s sloppy writing to take quotes out of context and then go “HAHA you retard”.
PAINPAINPAIN

Phil Harrison is the Fanboy’s fanboy. Arrogance personified and a c**t to boot. The “PS3 is a computer” rant he mentioned is a well-known way of Sony to tax-dodge on importing their consoles. Sony have always been bullishly arrogant when they feel threatened and this is no exception. Keeps the shareholders happy.
Trisha

Georgey boy it does not change the fact that he said it, the implications of what he says reverb throughout the company. In what context it is said is irrelavant, plus you are wrong about how he said them anyways!

If your view is personal or corporate it does not matter, its still a view amd what he said was still stupid. I also dont remember the article ever saying HAHA you retard, that what us people with and education call rhetoric. Look it up GeorgeyBoy! You seem like the real loser here!